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I CIGAR TUGK CUTTER. I No. 376,030. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

JAMES E. ELLIS, OF RED OAK, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO L. M.

DOCTOR, OF SAME PLACE.

CIGA R-TUCK CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,030, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed May as, 1887.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES E. ELLIS, a citi- Zen of the United States, resident at Red Oak, I

in the county. of Montgomery and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tuck Gutters; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings isa representation of this invention and is an end view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken where the dotted line a x is marked on Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a perspecti've view. Figs. 4 and 5 are details.

The invention relates to improvements in cigantuck cutters; and it consists in the eon struction'and nbvel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Tuck-cutters as usually constructed consist of the spring-cutter, the block, (heavy enough not to be turned by the forcible depression of the cutter,) and the adjustable gage at-tached to the block.

In the present invention the block is made smaller, the cutter is self-cleaning, and the spring operating the cutter acts by torsion, and is of simple construction and consequently durable.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the block of the cutter, small enoughto be carried in the pocket, and to be firmly secured to the wrapper-board without interfering with-the cutting of the wrappers.

B designates the groove in which the cigars are laid to be cut, and b is a suitably-graduated scale marked in proper position on one side'of said groove.

O is the cutter-plate, secured by screws 0 otherwise to the front endv of the block and provided with the curved notch c in line with the groove B, beveled from within outwardly, and suflicient-ly higher than said groove to make a cutting-edge, c, by means of the said bend. The said cutting-edgeis continued upward and outward at c fromthe inner part of the notch c to the top of the cutter-plate.

Serial No. 239,435. (No model.)

I) is the movable knife located on the out side of the cutter-plate G, and secured upon the square projection or boss e of the rotating block E, and provided with the cutting-edge d, beveled inwardly and standing outward from the edge and nearly parallel thereto, and d is a vertical handle, made on the outer upper corner of the knife integrally therewith,

and twisted on itself to be easily handled by. the thumb and finger. Theknife is fitted on the square projection e of a cylindrical block,

E, the washer e and the screw 0 which enters a tapped recess in the boss 6, retaining the knife inplacc. The lower edge, F, of the knife is curved concentrically with the pivotal screw 6, and is provided at its front and rear ends, respectively, with the shoulders f f by means of which and the screw f the motion of the knife is limited in each direction. .The inner end of the block E is provided with the diametrical notch G, in which rests the bent end h of the torsionspring rod H, running axially rearward from the block E through the guide loops or staples h", and having its rear end firmly secured to the block by a screw,

h, passing through a loop in said end.

I is the gage-plate, provided with the transverse arm z', against which the head of the cigar rests, and the slotted longitudinal arm i, provided on its inner edge with guide-loops 1?, surrounding the spring-rod, and with the slot 71 moving on the guide-screw i secured to the block.

By means of the scale and the gage-plate the length of the cigars is determined, and the knife and cutter-platehavingtheir corresponding edges beveled oppositely, and the edge of the knife swinging across the edge of the cutter-plate, the cigars are sheared through with the greatest economy of force. The spring being a straight rod, acting by torsion, the space occupied by the usual outstanding spring is saved, so that the latter cannot be in the way.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a cigar-tuck cutter, the movable knife provided with the cylindrical block E, the said block having the diametrical notch, the tor-- sion-spring H, attached to the top of the block A and having its end bent so as to engage with the notch in the block E, and the stationon the spring, and the stationary knife, all conary blade, all constructed and combined substrueted and combined substantially as specistantially as specified. fied.

2. In a cigar-tuck cutter, the cylindrical In testimony whereof Iaffix my signaturein 5 block E, attached to the movable cutter and presence of two witnesses.

provided with the diametrical notch, the tor- 4 sion-spring H, attached to the top of the block JAMES ELLIS A, and having one end engaging the block E Witnesses: and the other end attached to the opposite top LEWIS M. DOCTOR,

1:) end of the block A, and the gage-plate arranged GEORGE IsoLD. 

